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NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1292:
Fri 2100 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru Sat 1700]
Sat 0500 WOR VoiceCorps Reading Service, WOSU-FM subcarrier, cable
Sat 0900 WOR WRN to Eu, Au, NZ, WorldSpace AfriStar, AsiaStar
Sat 0955 WOR WNQM Nashville TN 1300
Sat 1100 WOR WPKN Bridgeport CT 89.5 & WPKM Montauk LINY 88.7
Sat 1700 WOR R. Veronica 106.5
Sat 1830 WOR WRN to North America
[including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140]
Sun 0000 WOR Radio Studio X 1584 http://www.radiostudiox.it/
Sun 0330 WOR WWCR 5070
Sun 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB
Sun 0600 WOR World FM, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand 88.2
Sun 0730 WOR WWCR 3215
Sun 0930 WOR WRN to North America, also WLIO-TV Lima OH SAP
[including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140]
Sun 0930 WOR KSFC Spokane WA 91.9
Sun 0930 WOR WXPR Rhinelander WI 91.7 91.9 100.9
Sun 0930 WOR WDWN Auburn NY 89.1 [unconfirmed]
Sun 0930 WOR KTRU Houston TX 91.7 [occasional]
Sun 1400 WOR KRFP-LP Moscow ID 92.5
Sun 1830 WOR WRN1 to North America
[including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140]
Sun 2000 WOR RNI
Mon 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB
Mon 0430 WOR WSUI Iowa City IA 910
Mon 0515 WOR WBCQ 7415
Mon 1900 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru Tue 1500]
Wed 0030 WOR WBCQ 7415 [usually but temporary]
Wed 0100 WOR CJOY INTERNET RADIO plug-in required
Wed 1030 WOR WWCR 9985
Latest edition of this schedule version, with hotlinks to station
sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL]:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org
WORLD OF RADIO 1292 (high version):
(stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1292h.ram
(download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1292h.rm
WORLD OF RADIO 1292 (low version):
(stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1292.ram
(download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1292.rm
(summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1292.html [not yet]
WORLD OF RADIO 1292 in true SW sound of Alex`s mp3:
(stream) http://www.dxprograms.net/worldofradio_11-02-05.m3u
(download) http://www.dxprograms.net/worldofradio_11-02-05.mp3
WORLD OF RADIO 1292 downloads in studio-quality mp3:
(high) http://www.obriensweb.com/wor1292h.mp3
(low) http://www.obriensweb.com/wor1292.mp3
WORLD OF RADIO PODCAST: www.obriensweb.com/wor.xml
(currently: 1288, Extra 61, 1289, Extra 62, 1290, 1291, 1292)
MONITORING REMINDERS CALENDAR has now been updated including
standard timeshifts: http://www.worldofradio.com/calendar.html
** ALASKA. As usual, KNLS not making it on 9655, English at 1400 Nov
4, past KBS Sackville 9650, but KNLS in the clear with IS on 7355;
unfortunately, the following hour was in Mandarin (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. ANTARTIDA, 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San
Gabriel, 2030-2102, 03-11, locutor y locutora, comentario sobre cómo
hacer una huerta y tener semillas y flores, "Continuamos con Rincón de
Patria", canciones argentinas, comentario sobre los pinguinos que
viven en la Artártida, canción "Desde la Patagonia". Identificación:
"Desde la Base Esperanza, Antártida Argentina, transmite LRA 36, Radio
Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel en español, por la frecuencia de 15476
kHz para el mundo", locutor. 2102: "Llegamos al fin de nuestro
programa, nos volveremos a encontrar en la próxima edición", locutora.
Cierre a las 2102. 24322. Durante el tiempo de escucha, no se observó
interferencia de otras emisoras (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Grundig
Satelitt 500, antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW, Escuchas
realizads en Friol, 27 Km. W de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARMENIA. La Radio Pública de Armenia nos presenta en su servicio en
castellano un cambio de horario para B-05, hacia las 0330 en lugar de
0230. Pero la locución al final de la emisión de 15 minutos se
mantiene mencionando en forma errática 9775 y 11740, cuando en
realidad solo llegan por los 9965. Seré yo el único majadero que los
escucha a esta hora o habrá otro horario en que hacen ellos algo
parecido? (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. You'll find on the ACMA website a pdf copy of Australian
Broadcasters By Region And State ACMA 12 October 2005 It covers AM FM
and TV
http://www.acma.gov.au/acmainterwr/_assets/main/lib100052/broadcasters_by_area.pdf
cheers (John Smith, Brisbane, ARDXC via DXLD)
** AUSTRIA. One ongoing story I mentioned in a letter of mine that ROI
recently read on their mailbox program is the Slovenian minority sign
issue. In one of the provinces (Kärnten, if memory serves), there's a
Slovene minority that's trying to get Slovene added to place name
signs in towns with a Slovene population of over 10%, while the state
government wants to limit it to those towns with a 25% or greater
Slovene population. "Report from Austria" has been covering every
twist and turn of the story (which I believe is currently scheduled to
go before one of the EU-wide courts), while I can't recall the last
time I heard mention of it in the German service.
The English service also seems to spend a more time covering the
various international conferences that take place in Vienna than the
German service does, but I'd bet part of that is due to the language
issue -- they can more easily find people with an excellent command of
English at such conferences -- and the fact that the English and
German services are going to have slightly different remits. Much of
the German service is a rebroadcast of domestic programs, with the
service being targeted at Austrians abroad, while the English service
is designed first and foremost for people in other countries.
I'm not trying to suggest that either service has an axe to grind or
is not politically independent (at least, in either case not to any
greater extent than the other major Western European state
broadcasters), just that the difference is curious (Ted Schuerzinger,
swprograms via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 4915, Radiodifusora Macapá, 0435-0445, 04-11, canciones
brasileñas, locutor, identificación: "... ondas tropicais 4915 khz,
Radidifusora Macapá, Macapá, Brasil". 24322
6105, Rádio Cultura Filadélfia, Foz de Iguaçu, (probable), 0835-0847,
04-11, portugués, locutor, canciones y comentarios religiosos. 24322.
No era radio Canção Nova, que emite en la misma frecuencia. Comprobado
al sintonizar al mismo tiempo Canção Nova en 9675, con distinto
programa.
9645, Radio Bandeirantes, 0555-0602, 04-11, locutor, comentários. A
las 0600: "Informação na Bandeirantes". Noticia del Banco de Brasil.
24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Grundig Satelitt 500, antena de
cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW, Escuchas realizads en Friol, 27 Km. W
de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BURKINA FASO. 5030, Radio Burkina, 0630-0645, 04-11, Inicio de las
transmisiones, francés: "Vous êtes à l'écoute du programme de la RTB,
la presente edition des nouvelles, bonjour". Locutor y locutora,
noticias de Burkina. 34333 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Grundig
Satelitt 500, antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW, Escuchas
realizadas en Friol, 27 Km. W de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CAMEROON [and non]. CHIEF AYAMBA'S RE-ARREST COULD BE LINKED TO
SCNC RADIO BROADCAST
Chief Ayamba Ette Otun, Chairman of the mainstream faction of the
Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC), was on Monday, October 31,
re-arrested soon after his release from detention in Mamfe. It is
suspected that Ayamba’s rearrest could be linked to the broadcast
Radio Free Southern Cameroons launched by the SCNC on 30 October.
In a one-page press release dated October 31, Nfor Ngala Nfor, SCNC
Vice Chairman, said Chief Ayamba was arrested at 7.30 a.m by 10
policemen led by the Manyu Police Commissioner, Jean Baptiste Hanghou,
after a search of his house.
The Commissioner was acting on the instructions of Manyu Senior
Divisional Officer, SDO, Venant Abome Alume. Chief Ayamba was arrested
and taken to the police charge office at 9 am, where he was
interrogated and later released without charge.
Nfor Nfor's release expresses worry that the "occupation forces" could
have planted anything incriminating in Ayamba’s house in order to
implicate the SCNC leadership. "The occupation forces have all along
accused the SCNC of terrorism and violence without any iota of
justification," it states.
The statement appeals to the UN and other democratic governments and
defenders of human rights and freedom, to mediate in the conflict
between the Southern Cameroons and La République du Cameroun (two
former UN Trust territories) as the only logical means of achieving
peace and stability in the West African Sub-region.
The Broadcast
Meanwhile, the Radio Free Southern Cameroons broadcast of October 30
took place as promised between 7 and 8 pm. It began with the singing
of the Southern Cameroons' national anthem "Freedom Land."
The broadcaster, whose voice was clearly that of an elderly person,
did not disclose his identity and the address was simply a
reproduction of a 38-page SCNC publication titled "Understanding The
Southern Cameroons Question."
It concluded with two songs, one titled "Pack Your Bags and Go"
addressed to La République's occupation forces and anther by a
Bamenda-based musician, John Minang, advising outsiders not to weep
louder than the bereaved. Commenting on the broadcast, an elated Nfor
Ngala Nfor told The Post that he had received several calls from
Southern Cameroonians in Nkambe, Douala and Buea, saying they followed
it.
As opposed to Hitler Mbinglo, SCNC Northern Zone Chairman, who said
before the broadcast that he knew nothing about the radio, Nfor Nfor
said he was fully aware of the circumstances that led to its creation.
"We knew that the struggle was to reach a point when the SCNC would
have to address Southern Cameroonians through a radio," he said. He
said he was certain Chief Ayamba's arrest was partly caused by the
broadcast.
He said occupational forces were also provoked by the fact that far
from showing remorse, Chief Ayamba looked unruffled and unrepentant
when he was released on bail after the previous arrest.
Asked if he was not afraid of arrest himself, Nfor Nfor said Cameroon
is already a huge prison, especially for Southern Cameroonians. "I am
already a prisoner. What else should I fear?" he said.
Gendarmes have since mounted a search for the site of Free Southern
Cameroons Radio, which they are convinced is situated in Bamenda.
(Source: The Post Online via Unrepresented Nations and Peoples
Organisation - UNPO)
http://www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=59&par=3184
# posted by Andy @ 16:50 UT Nov 4 (Media Network blog via DXLD)
** CANADA. CFVP, 100 watts from Calgary AB, 6030, Nov 4 at 1358
country music, mentioning 7 am, and AM-1060 ID; fair at peaks, SAH
from some other carrier, but about as good as it gets (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Re 5-189: It`s Moses Znaimer, who has been a major player
in broadcast media (mostly cable) in Toronto and Canada (Fred Waterer,
ON, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Regarding this morning's CBC programs you heard:
- A spelling note: That's former U.S. ambassador Paul Cellucci
- A nitpick about Moses Znaimer's callsign assertions on Shelagh
Rogers's program: Znaimer stated that the final two letters of
Canadian radio callsigns often represented someone important relating
to the station. One of his examples was Montreal's CJAD; he said the
"AD" stood for Arthur Dumont. But I think he really meant J. Arthur
Dupont:
http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/personalities.php?id=201
(Ricky Leong, Calgary, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Tuned in a bit earlier to 6100 UT Nov 4 around 0115, and
the Spanish broadcast is just RCI itself, and on the schedule as a 240
degree beam for Mexico, again cutting off at 0129*
Then I started listening to Dispatches, now scheduled weekly UT
Fridays 0130 on 9755 only. But it was fading down and gone by 0150.
Fortunately there are plenty of other opportunities to hear it, such
as the RCI3 webcast at 0530; this edition includes a parody of a Bush
radio address, from http://www.weeklyradioaddress.com --- this site
looks for real and links to numerous real whitehouse pages, and even
real Bush radio addresses (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Solar-terrestrial indices for 03 November follow. Solar flux 77 and
mid-latitude A-index 25. The mid-latitude K-index at 0300 UTC on 04
November was 5 (72 nT). Space weather for the past 24 hours has been
minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred. No space
weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SEC via DXLD)
** CANADA. Almost perfect reception of Canada Today right now (RCI
English to Africa) here on 17740, using a 26" whip, Vectronics AT-100
active antenna and a Sony 7600GR. (Very decent reception with the
radio's own whip.) I tuned in the middle of an interview with a
Reuters reporter about the rioting in Paris. This was followed by a
report on how peanut butter has revitalized the economy of an African
village. Then there were a few short news items. Now there is a report
about Canada wanting to increase immigration. Looking forward to see
how this frequency holds up. It is scheduled to continue until 2000 UT
(French programming follows). This is listed as a transmission from
Sackville, 105 degrees, 250 kW (Ricky Leong, Calgary, Alta., Nov 4, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. I`ve found CRI English hour on 15230 at 1300; another
English hour follows at 1400 on 15230. 15230 splashes on R. Sweden`s
English to NAm on 15240 (Bob Thomas, CT, Oct 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15230 is via Canada, as is Sweden 15240 at 1430, but not at 1330, when
the direct signal would be weaker and more splashable (gh, DXLD)
** COLOMBIA. 6010, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Lomalinda, 0802-0840, 04-
11, locutor habitual de esta emisora con comentarios religiosos "Las
leyes de Dios", identificación: "La Voz de tu Conciencia". 22222.
Ligera interferencia de Radio Mil en la misma frecuecia.
6139.8, Radio Líder, 2325-2340, 03-11, canciones colombianas, locutor:
"Faltan 28 minutos para las 7, Radio Líder presenta, Las Últimas
Noticias". "Las Noticias de Colombia en Radio Líder". "Aquí están las
últimas noticias del día, Radio Líder, 730 AM". 24322. También 0603-
0615, 04-11, canciones en español, identificación: "Ésta es Radio
Líder, 730 AM". Se escuchaba por encima de la Deustche Welle con su
programa en inglés en la misma frecuencia, a partir de las 0615
(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Grundig Satelitt 500, antena de cable, 10
metros, orientada WSW, Escuchas realizads en Friol, 27 Km. W de Lugo,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 5054.6, Faro del Caribe, 0733-0750, 04-11, español,
comentarios religiosos. Buena portadora pero, como siempre, audio
débil y distorsionado. 24222 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Grundig
Satelitt 500, antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW, Escuchas
realizads en Friol, 27 Km. W de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, Radio Rebelde, 0550-0700, 04-11, programa diario de
madrugada "A Esta Hora". Identificación: "A esta hora, una revista de
3 horas de duración, repleta de música cubana.`` Entrevistas
telefónicas con oyentes y música cubana. Ligera interferencia de Radio
Benin, con programa en francés, entre las 0550 y las 0602. 44444. Y a
partir de las 1100 UT, comienza "Haciendo Radio", por las frecuencias
de 9505 y 11655 kHz. 9505, 1101-1110, 04-11, "Nos sintonizan por todas
nuestras frecuencias de FM, AM y onda corta, 22 grados en nuestra
estación meteorológica, recorra el mundo desde su casa con Rebelde,
titulares de Haciendo Radio, a las 7 horas y 2 minutos. 34333, y en
11655 con SINPO 23322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Grundig Satelitt
500, antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW, Escuchas realizads en
Friol, 27 Km. W de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Am hearing Radio Rebelde on 5025 right now at 1330 local time. They
are quite weak, but this is the first time I've ever noticed them
during the day. WWV on 5 MHz is a solid S9 as well (John Wilke K9RZZ,
Milwaukee, WI, USA FT767gx + 40m loop, 1930 UT Nov 3, HCDX via DXLD)
** CUBA [non]. R. Martí is yet another station suffering a serious
disconnect between studio and transmitter. Nov 4 at 2259 I caught the
frequency announcement on 15330. They don`t say directly that they are
about to change, or which frequencies are going off, but supposedly
which frequencies will be on during the hour to follow; in this case:
``6030, 7365, 11775 and 13820``. There are always no more and no less
than four at a time, yet 15330 kept right on going after 2300! Then
checking the ones announced, definitely nothing on 7365, 13820 was
very strong; 11775 and 6030 jammed heavily but RM could have been
somewhere down there on 6030, but unannounced 11930 was running during
the 2300 hour, heavily jammed but holding its own here. So I was
listening to 11930 at 2359 for the next frequency announcement.
``6030, 7365...``, and 11930 cut off before the announcement could be
completed! That was the frequency where would-be listeners really
needed to know all the upcoming channels. I should have been on 13820,
which kept on going in the 0000 hour, but now 15330 was off, 7365 and
11775 were on, and I guess 6030 was on. Let`s get all this straight by
consulting the R. Martí color-coded frequency grid at
http://www.martinoticias.com/rm_sch_spa.html
No, that previously bookmarked page no longer goes anywhere. Here it
is at a simpler URL: http://www.martinoticias.com/frequencies.htm ---
but this one is still dated April 1, and obviously out of date, e.g.
still showing 21500 and not 17670, almost a week into B-05 season!
Wake up, Don Mansfield, credited as the preparer of the page. At least
a current weekly program grid does appear at
http://www.martinoticias.com/media/Schedules/rm_sch_spa.html but
without mentioning frequencies. Could be the OCB is in no hurry to
post or announce an accurate schedule due to jamming, but just to be
safe, Commie Cuba leaves jammers on frequencies previously used, or
used at other times of day, as well as the actual ones. As to not
announcing the right frequency group, could they be confused about the
time zone changes? They are aware that Cuba is still on UT -4 as a
2319 UT timecheck was for 7:19, hora de Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn, I noted the first time Radio Martí on 5745 kHz Monday morning
without jammer and this Tuesday morning with jammer. Around 1100 UT
(Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, Nov 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CZECH REPUBLIC. R. Prague not making it on 21745, Nov 4 at 1408,
but audible on the only // which was 11600, this one intended for S
Asia rather than NAm; continued at 1430 in Czech but fading away
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. R. Cairo, English to NAm at 2300 on 11885 is WORTHLESS,
covered by co-channel. The 0200 is `reasonable`, still low modulation,
7260 splash (Bob Thomas, CT, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I`ve notified WYFR
that they are colliding with Cairo on 11885 (gh, DXLD)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA ECUATORIAL. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 0501-
0615, 04-11, Inicio de las transmisiones en la mañana. Canciones de
Julio Iglesias y otras canciones en español, francés y portugués. A
las 0605, noticias. 34333 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Grundig
Satelitt 500, antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW, Escuchas
realizads en Friol, 27 Km. W de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FALKLAND ISLANDS [non]. No wonder I could not hear Calling the
Falklands on 11680, as in an earlier B-05 BBCWS schedule. The one
below under UK shows this back on 11720, Tue & Fri 2130-2145. Trouble
is, I also checked 11720 on Tue Nov 1 and did not hear it there either
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn, Calling the Falklands is on 11720 according to the BBCWS
frequency charts at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/index.shtml
Wonder where you got 11680 from ? 73s (Dave Kenny, UK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
It was in the `complete` VT Merlin B-05 schedule posted on the group
some weeks ago. Must check 11720 again Friday (gh, DXLD) Missed it;
maybe Tuesday (later, gh, DXLD)
** FRANCE [and non]. Radio France Internationale --- In DXLD 5-189, GH
wrote: "The news at :01 is of course the typical BBC and US public
radio style, after a 1-minute tease about programming during the
coming hour or semihour, which I always find off-putting. News should
start on the hour sharp. If they want to do teases, they should be at
minute :59"
Surely the reason for doing them on the hour is that at :59 there may
be frequency changes and transmitters going on/off the air. The last
minute or so of the hour is usually a no-no (or in this case non-non)
for international broadcasters, unless they enjoy talking to
themselves :-) (Andy Sennitt, Netherlands, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4052.5, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 0430-0535, 04-11,
locutor, comentarios y canciones religiosas, comentario "formación
espiritual". A las 0501 programa en inglés "Identificación: "Radio
Verdad, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America". Señal débil. 24322
variando a 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Grundig Satelitt 500,
antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW, Escuchas realizads en
Friol, 27 Km. W de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUYANA. Hi Glenn. From the 'I've Been Trying To Get This For A Very
Long Time Dept' - QSL letter from Voice of Guyana for report on 25
September on 3291 kHz. Actually signed/stamped by S. Goodman, Chief
Engineer, National Communications Network, Inc., Homestretch Avenue,
D'Urban Park, Georgetown. Report was sent to: Maintenance Engineer –
Transmitters, Operations Centre, 44 High Street, Werk-en-Rust,
Georgetown. Form letter with: 'Your report was checked against our
logs and found to be correct/incorrect' (neither was eliminated -
swoon). Fortunately, the next line had: 'By this letter your report is
Verified/Not Verified' with the latter crossed out. The letter is very
polite, asks for more reports as well as advice and criticism. It
mentions that 5950 kHz is 'Temporary out of order' and cites the 90 mb
frequency as 3.290 MHz. The envelope bears four $20 Guyana Egyptian
Goose stamps. This will go very nicely with my 760 kHz QSL from
Georgetown in 1991, heard in South Africa. 73s (Graham Bell, London,
England, Nov 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HONDURAS. 4819.2, La Voz Evangélica, Tegucigalpa, 0658-0720, 04-11,
Locutor, comentarios religiosos, identificación a las 0700: "La Voz
Evangélica de Honduras". Canciones religiosas. 24322 (Manuel Méndez,
Lugo, Spain, Grundig Satelitt 500, antena de cable, 10 metros,
orientada WSW, Escuchas realizads en Friol, 27 Km. W de Lugo, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. A couple days ago I heard all four 90 mb All India Radio
stations still using their current frequencies. Not frequency change
to 60 meter band yet. 73 (Jouko Huuskonen, Turku, FINLAND, Nov 4, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR GOS in English at 2100 on 9445. // 9950 veryh faint,
11620 good, 7410 blocked by 7415 WBCQ, 9910 extremly faint, taken out
by 9915, 11715 not heard. They announced [these for] 2045-2230. To
Australia: 10000 on 13695 [13710 in sked below], 17510, 17895. To W
Europe and UK at 1745 on 7410, 9950, 11620 (Bob Thomas, Bridgeport CT,
Oct 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
It`s about time we found a complete AIR GOS B-05 schedule:
GOS-1 9705 2245 0045 S.E.Asia
GOS-1 9950 2245 0045 N.E.Asia
GOS-1 11620 2245 0045 S.E.Asia
GOS-1 11645 2245 0045 N.E.Asia
GOS-1 13605 2245 0045 S.E.Asia
GOS-1 13605 2245 0045 N.E.Asia
GOS-2 13710 1000 1100 Australia & NZ
GOS-2 15020 1000 1100 N.E.Asia
GOS-2 15260 1000 1100 South Asia
GOS-2 15235 1000 1100 N.E.Asia
GOS-2 17510 1000 1100 Australia & NZ
GOS-2 17800 1000 1100 N.E.Asia
GOS-2 17895 1000 1100 Australia & NZ
GOS-3 9690 1330 1500 S.E.Asia
GOS-3 11620 1330 1500 S.E.Asia
GOS-3 13710 1330 1500 S.E.Asia
GOS-4 7410 1745 1945 Europe
GOS-4 9445 1745 1945 Europe
GOS-4 9950 1745 1945 Europe
GOS-4 11620 1745 1945 Europe
GOS-4 11935 1745 1945 East Africa
GOS-4 13605 1745 1945 N-W.Africa
GOS-4 15075 1745 1945 East Africa
GOS-4 15155 1745 1945 West Asia
GOS-4 17670 1745 1945 East Africa
GOS-5 7410 2045 2230 Europe
GOS-5 9445 2045 2230 Europe
GOS-5 9910 2045 2230 Australia & NZ
GOS-5 9950 2045 2230 Europe
GOS-5 11620 2045 2230 Australia & NZ
GOS-6 11620 2045 2230 Europe
GOS-6 11715 2045 2230 Australia & NZ
(from http://www.dxasia.info/html/air_lang.html via DXLD) Page shows
all other languages, plus English on domestic SW services (gh, DXLD)
** INDONESIA. 9680, RRI Jakarta (Cimanggis), Nov 2 (Wed.), 0855-1110,
woman DJ with program of pop Indonesian songs, ID for ``FM Jakarta,``
1000 into Ramadan program with two men announcers with on-air phone
calls, reciting from the Qur`an, IDs for R.R.I. Jakarta. Was looking
for the KGRE (Kang Guru Radio English) program but they were not on
during this time period. At tune-in noted moderate QRM from assume
WYFR (in Portuguese?) but RRI steadily got stronger and by 1000 WYFR
was very faint. At 1059 Taiwan (presumed) signed-on (Ron Howard,
Monterey, CA, RX340 + T2FD antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Try again Sunday after Ramadan is over for sure (gh, DXLD)
** IRAN. Heard on November 4 at 1130 UT the opening of this English
broadcast from IRIB in Tehran, Iran on 15485 with a very strong signal
here in Melbourne. It opened with a list of satellites and download
frequencies and that it could be heard on the website
http://english.irib.ir
It wasn't supposed to be on shortwave at all! The transmitter went off
the air at 1138 just after a reading from the Koran began.
Investigating today I see that there are several such broadcasts of
"The Voice of Justice" throughout the day that are shown on the
website as only available via satellite or internet. What a pity
(regardless of one's views about Iran) when so many people could be
covered with a single shortwave transmitter, that they are expected to
sit in front of their PC to listen to a radio program. As for
satellites, there are very few free to air radio or TV broadcasts to
Australia and what little there are come on C-Band requiring 3 metre
or larger dish size (Morrison Hoyle, Victoria, Nov 4, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
The fewer of their dozens of SW transmitters they actually use for
external broadcasting, the more they can use for internal jamming!
When I checked at 0300 UT Nov 5, the English page, and that is the
correct URL, could not be found, but going back to
http://www.irib.com/worldservice/ some of the other pages came up,
such as Spanish. I don`t see anything resembling a SW frequency
schedule. V. of Justice used to be on the air to NAm at 0030, or was
it 0130, along with the regular English hour, but no more? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL. 88FM - possible casualty of IBA reforms
This is a Jerusalem Post article regarding 88FM - which is an IBA
music network, only available in Israel. There is no web or shortwave
feed of this radio station.
This is NOT the Jerusalem only 88.2 FM radio station, which relays
REKA part of the day and Reshet Hey (Israel Radio International) the
rest of the day.
This is the first possible cutback I've seen spelled out as part of
the Dinur recommendation. Previous articles (that I've read in Hebrew)
said that the "flagship" stations and some stations which target
special populations will remain. It seemed to me from those articles
that 88FM would be on the cutting block - but this is the first time
I've seen it spelled out.
Hebrew (only) Haaretz has a similar article.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1130954353961&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFulle&SSURIsscontext=Satellite+Server#satellitefragmen
88FM'S FATE UP IN THE AIR
Nov. 2, 2005 23:50 | Updated Nov. 3, 2005 19:29
88FM, considered by serious Israeli music aficionados and musicians to
be the country's only true alternative music station, is in danger of
closing down.
The station was founded in 1995 in order to provide a high-quality
alternative to commercial radio stations and is broadcast 24 hours a
day.
Unlike other stations, which tend to broadcast hits taken from a
restricted play list, FM 88 established itself as promoter of emerging
musicians, jazz, blues, world music, electronic music, and indie-rock.
The station's fate will be determined in the coming weeks, when the
Knesset's Finance Committee meets to decide about the implementation
of the Dinur Committee's recommendations for a reform of the Israel
Broadcasting Authority.
The recommendations involve a series of changes in how Israel's
publicly owned radio and television stations will be managed,
budgeted, and supervised. They also include restricting the range of
radio broadcasts and cutting the number of radio employees.
Closing down 88FM was one of the recommendations made by the Dinur
Committee, which argued that it was not necessary for the station to
remain part of the country's public radio broadcasting system. The
committee had also suggested examining the possibility of privatizing
the station.
The committee is scheduled to vote on the issue within the next month,
and its spokesman suggested privatization would be the committee's
most likely recommendation.
Some of Israel's top musicians, including Ehud Banai, Yehudit Ravitz,
Riki Gal, and Aviv Gefen, have spoken out publicly against closing
down the station. For these artists and for the station's regular
listeners, it represents an oasis for an eclectic mix of quality
music whose broadcasters insist on maintaining their own personal
touch and high standards and on not giving in to the dictates of
rating, thus promoting musicians that are not part of mainstream
Israeli culture.
Those opposing the closing down of the station also point out to the
small number of employees and minimal production costs that its
operation currently requires.
Yoav Ginai, the director of 88FM, could not be reached for comment.
Linda Bar, spokeswoman for the IBA, confirmed that "Employees of 88FM
were very upset about the Dinur Committee's recommendation to close
down certain radio stations, including 88FM." Sheera Claire Frenkel
contributed to this report (via Doni Rosenzweig, DXLD)
** JAPAN. DAVID CRYSTAL in Israel comments on the Strange Radio
Station Goodies feature last month:
Around 1967 Radio Japan NHK compensated listeners who reported
reception with a big gift for each letter. In those days listening to
Radio Japan was torture. Their signal was strong enough but the
interference was awful. The reasons were:
Radio Japan had no relay stations
There were no satellites.
There was no 13 MHz broadcast band.
All the shortwave bands were much more narrow than they are today,
There was no High Frequency Co-ordination Conference.
The gifts were big and expensive --- Japanese crafts. I did not get
many because listening to Radio Japan was indeed torture. I have only
two today.
I have a big heavy book, New Japan, 1967, with articles on just about
everything, lots of pictures and colour, and oodles of ads. Published
by The Mainichi Newspapers, and this book is an annual. Sony has a
full page ad for the Sony TR-1000 ten transistor four bands portable.
I think it gave respectable service. In those days I used a Trio 9R-
59.
I have a small painting, by hand, not a print, of a Japanese subject.
I have had it framed, and it now hangs prominently in my home. Classy.
Today listening to Japan is easy but I have trouble getting a reply.
(David Crystal, Nov World DX Club Contact via DXLD)
Listening to Radio Japan in the UK was also difficult in the 1960s.
Another reason here was that it was the Cold War so the bands were
full of multiple frequency transmissions from Radio Moscow, Radio Free
Europe, Radio Liberty and Voice of America with the last three
stations being jammed (Mike Barraclough, ibid.)
** LIBERIA. 5470, Radio Veritas, 2106-2115, 03-11, Música vernácula,
24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Grundig Satelitt 500, antena de
cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW, Escuchas realizads en Friol, 27 Km. W
de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIECHTENSTEIN [and non]. La Rosa de Tokyo para el domingo 06 de
Noviembre
"La Rosa De Tokio" (( LS11 Radio Provincia )). Recuerden que el Grupo
Radioescucha Argentino está colaborando con LA ROSA DE TOKIO, el
programa de DX y comunicaciones que se irradia por LS11 Radio
Provincia, La Plata, Argentina, con 56 kw! en su horario habitual de
13 a 14 hora argentina (1600 a 1700 UT) y también en Internet, en
http://www.radioprovincia.gba.gov.ar
La temática que se desarrolla cada domingo consiste en la
investigación y análisis de la situación radiofónica en un país. Se
revisa su historia, su actualidad política y social y, por supuesto,
se revisan y analizan sus emisoras de radio y TV más representativas.
La emisión correspondiente al domingo 06 de Noviembre de 2005 de La
Rosa de Tokyo estará dedicada a revisar la historia y el presente de
la radio en Austria, Suiza y Liechtenstein. El programa incluye un
análisis de varias emisoras que han marcado la historia de la
radiodifusión en cada uno de estos países, con especial atención en
los casos de Radio Austria Internacional y Radio Suiza Internacional.
No se pierdan las grabaciones historicas que se incluirán en el
programa. Entre ellas podemos citar las de:
R. Austria antes de comenzar la 2 guerra
ORF Internacional 1961
idem 1966
ORF 1 1980
ORF2 Regional 1980
ORF 3 1980
R. Austria Internacional en español 1986
Programa DX en español 1986
última transmision en español
Radio Schulungssender ((Army)
de Liechtenstein, identificación de:
Radio L
de Suiza, identificaciones de:
Inicios de Radio Suiza en inglés
RS servicio en italiano
idem servicio en alemán
idem servicio en francés
Radio Suiza Internacional identificación 1962
idem 1966
idem 1980
programa en español 1987
última emisión en inglés y abandono de las OC
Radio de la Cruz Roja.
Habrá participaciones especiales de los columnistas Rubén Guillermo
Margenet y Arnaldo Slaen, desde Argentina.
Recuerden que todos los sábados a las 19 hora argentina, 22 UT se
emite la ROSA DE TOKIO por internet en el sitio:
http://www.frecuencia9.com.ar
Aquí hacemos un mix de programas ya emitidos con el fin que los temas
que se perdieron el domingo los escuchen el sabado (Arnaldo Slaen,
Argentina, Nov 3, Noticias DX via DXLD)
** MEXICO. 6010, Radio Mil, 0800-0830, 04-11, canciones románticas en
español presentadas por locutor. Identificación: "Radio Mil". . Se
escucha por detrás de La Voz de tu Conciencia con sus comentarios
religiosos, sobre todo cuando la señal de la colombiana sufre
desvanecimiento. Señal débil a muy débil. 12321 variando a 22222
(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Grundig Satelitt 500, antena de cable, 10
metros, orientada WSW, Escuchas realizads en Friol, 27 Km. W de Lugo,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Mr. Francisco Rea SK --- Long time and renowned radio
broadcaster Dr. Francisco Rea died in Mexico. This gentleman had an
outstanding and very impressive career both in radio and television
which deserves to be read. His career in radio reminds me of another
radio pioneer, this time Mr. José Miguel Agrelot of Puerto Rico.
It is always sad to hear about the passing of people that devoted an
entire life to our hobby Radio. Those interested on reading more on
Dr. Francisco Rea please go to the following link.
http://www.eloccidental.com.mx/eloccidental/051102/naci_inter/13naci_inter.asp
(Hector E. Perez, np4fw, Nov 3, HCDX via DXLD)
** MONGOLIA. MONGOLIAN RADIO
The Mongolian Peoples Republic lies in Central Asia with Russia to the
North and China to the South, East and West. Mongolia is one of the
world's oldest nations. In its glorious past, the great Mongolian
warriors conquered the whole of Central Asia, including China and
Tibet, Russia and many parts of Europe. The period of Gengis Khan and
Kublaikhan were consisdered to be the golden saga of Mongolia.
After a long period of communist rule, Mongolia entered into a period
of free speech, open market and democracy in 1992. The capital of is
Ulanbaatar (Ulan baator) and the official currency is Tugrik. The 2.5
million people speak Mongolian and most of them belong to the
Lamaistic Sect of Buddhism. Much of the world famous Gobi Desert falls
within Mongolia, where nomad communities still practise horse breeding
and cattle rearing.
The history of broadcasting in Mongolia begins with the first radio
program on September 1st, 1934. The Mongolian Radio and Television
(MRTV) technical centre was established at Khonkor, Ulanbaatar City in
1960 with shortwave stations of 5, 25 and 50 kW and a long wave
station of 150 kW. The MRTV expanded its transmitting facilities by
installing two shortwave transmitters of 100 and 250 kW. A further
expansion took place in 1984 with 500 kW medium wave and longwave
stations which enabled the Program No. 1 of MRTV to be broadcast in
the central area of the country. Most of the local radio stations of
large capacity were built through USSR technical and economic grant
aid. During 2003, the domestic shortwave transmitters of MRTV were
upgraded with SW NEC transmitting systems by Sumitomo Corporation of
Japan with grant-in-aid from the Japanese government.
The domestic shortwave broadcasting stations of Mongolian Radio
include:
(i) 7260 kHz (50 kW) Central Radio Broadcast Station
(ii) 4820 kHz (10 kW) Gobi - Altay Station
(iii) 4895 kHz (10 kW) Khuvsgul Station
(iv) 4865 kHz (10 kW?) Dornogobi Station
Many of these regional outlets can be monitored outside the region
during favourable propagation conditions.
VOICE OF MONGOLIA
The external service of Mongolian Radio was founded in 1964 under the
call sign "Radio Ulanbaatar" which later changed to "Voice of
Mongolia". Voice of Mongolia broadcasts directly to Asia, Australia
and Europe in Mongolian, English, Chinese, Russian and Japanese. The
daily half hour transmission consists of home news and various
programs designed to provide information about Mongolia and the
Mongolians, their history, traditions, culture and way of life as well
as folk and modern Mongolian music.
Voice of Mongolia is a friendly station which verifies reception
reports with colourful QSL cards. The mail editor of VOM Densmaa Z
informs that they issue a series of 9 QSL cards depicting Mongolian
culture and tradition. Address: Voice of Mongolia, CPO Box 365,
Ulanbaatar 13, Mongolia e-mail: mr @ monggol.net
Mail editor: Densmaa.Z e-mail densmaaz@yahoo.com for reception reports
(T. R. Rajeesh, Report from India, Nov World DX Club Contact via DXLD)
** MYANMAR. R Myanmar, Yangon noted today November 4 at 1320 UT on
5040.40 kHz with poor to fair reception. Signal strength S5 and music
was nice local (Jouko Huuskonen, Turku, FINLAND, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I checked their higher frequency Nov 4 at 1456, but found only a weak
unID on 5985.0, not 5985.9, as compared on the FRG-7 to WWCR 9985
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS. From DXLD 5-189: ``For some reason, the Summer 2005
edition of "On Target" is still on the RN website. No sign of the
winter edition. Quite strange, as RN is usually very good about
updating their stuff. 73, (Peter Bowen, ON, swprograms via DXLD)``
The reason it's not on the website is that we haven't got the PDF file
from the printer yet. I am passing this comment on to the senior
editor of our English website as a reminder. There's a major
structural reorganisation going on behind the scenes at Radio
Netherlands, and it's taking a lot of time and attention that would
normally be concentrated on things like this. Just to add to the
irritation, the online form to subscribe to our weekly programme
bulletin wasn't working for a few days due to a malfunctioning script.
That has now been fixed. Our apologies for these problems.
Just to let you all know that the points quoted in DXLD regarding the
Radio Netherlands website are well taken. We are also not satisfied
with the performance of the present site, and it's being re-designed
to hopefully eliminate the glitches reported by various people. The
relaunch is scheduled for early next year. We have a whole family of
websites based on the same Content Management System - the total is in
double figures - so this isn't as simple a task as you may think. But
please be assured that we are working on improving things (Andy
Sennitt, Radio Netherlands, Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re: [Swprograms] Best "SW broadcaster" website?
I'm not actually very qualified to be part of this discussion. Other
than the BBC WorldService and RNW sites, I haven't been to others
lately to know enough to comment.
But I echo the "anti-frame" line: That is old "new school". They were
the rage for awhile, but most good sites have gotten away from them
lately. Depending on what browser one uses, they can be harder or
easier to navigate. I am a Firefox user exclusive. The change of focus
by clicking in a frame with the RNW website does not work in Firefox,
and so I am forever being forced to scroll with the mouse on the
scroll bar, which is a pain. And I can respect Paul's comment as a
blind user as to the bane of frames, as I've heard the accessibility
complaint quite a bit (which is also why I try now to reply at the
tops of e-mails, as opposed to bottom as I first learned back in the
Unix days, just so it is easier for those with accessibility concerns
to read an e-mail).
But to me the hallmarks, in general, of a good international
broadcaster website would be direct and obvious links on the front
pages (and top parts of subsequent pages) to get to frequency tables,
programme schedules (which should be separate from being tied to
frequencies or vice-versa), and listen-live links. I dislike frequency
tables that presume I only want to listen to frequencies targetted to
my area (as I'm sure you other hard-core listeners also dislike), and
so want to ability to easily find a link to full tables of all
frequencies. And I dislike "listen live" links that put up the query
box that ask the method to use, and then depends on a cookie to be
stored, etc., for lauching the appropriate feed in the future - in
other words, I want a listing of the various feed types and streams
that I can choose from (Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA,
swprograms via DXLD)
I've found the same "focus" issues with the RNW website using Firefox.
Another decent site IMHO: Radio New Zealand International.
RNZI's site is decent because it tells you what's going on right now
-- which program is on air, which frequencies are active.
Program schedules are one click away. Minor beef -- frequencies are
shown as "how to listern"... not "frequencies..." but they're still
one click away.
One would think that radio-related websites should be particularly
sensitive to usability by visually impaired users, because those who
are visually impaired are often radio's most ardent enthusiasts.
(Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, swprograms via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS [and non]. ANALOGUE RADIO IN THE NETHERLANDS TO END IN
2015
Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Laurens Jan Brinkhorst has informed
the Dutch parliament in writing that the Netherlands will move to 100%
digital radio in 2015. The Minister had earlier indicated that the
switchover date would be between 2015 and 2019, but has decided on the
earlier date because the UK and Germany are working to end their
analogue services by 2015.
It has been decided not to auction the digital frequencies, but
licences will be awarded on a comparative basis, and will go to
parties who can provide more variety and innovative services.
Brinkhorst wants to issue the first digital radio licences by summer
2006, and has notified the current licence holders of the award
procedure. This will begin in May or June 2006, shortly before the
Regional Radio Conference in Geneva which will discuss the
reassignment of frequency bands to, amongst other things, digital
radio. The next round of the frequency distribution will take place in
2007 or 2008, and will allow newcomers to bid for digital frequencies.
# posted by Andy @ 14:49 UT Nov 3 (Media Network blog via DXLD)
This report is mistaken in saying that the UK and Germany will "end"
their analogue radio services by 2015. This simply won't happen. New
FM services continue to be licensed here on a monthly basis and new
these stations have 12 year operating licences. Ofcom made it clear in
a recent report that FM and MW will continue to be used and that there
is no plans to switch off analogue services (Dave Kenny, 11.04.05 -
11:41 am, ibid.)
** OKLAHOMA. After only 2.5 weeks of transmitting ``No Signal`` on
channel 32, KXOK-TV in Enid came to life again Nov 4, with America One
network programming. Now`s the time to recheck their grids at
http://www.americaone.com/schedule/index.htm
and pick out a few shows that might be worth watching, days and times
here converted to UT, of course, and all of these one semi-hour;
mostly classics in public domain? Schedule may vary from week to week
in order to accommodate silly Canadian football games:
Sat 1700 Radar Men from the Moon
Mon 0130 Exploring Alaska [infomercial really?]
Mon 1430 You Bet Your Life [Groucho Marx quiz show]
Mon 1930 Cisco Kid
Mon 2030 Jack Benny Show
Tue 0400 Planet X
Tue 1430 Jack Benny Show
Tue 2230 Robin Hood
Wed 0100 Latin Eyes [current feature magazine]
Wed 2030 Burns & Allen
Thu 1430 Burns & Allen
Fri 2030 You Bet Your Life
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. Radio Rumanía B05 --- Cordiales saludos amigos, la
conductora del programa "Rincón Diexista" de Radio Rumanía
Internacional Victoria Sepciu nos recuerda del nuevo horario de las
emisiones (B05) en español de RRI vigentes del 30 de octubre hasta el
26 de marzo del 2006.
Área de recepción UTC Frecuencias
Europa / España 2000-2100 9620 y 11940 kHz
Sudamérica / Argentina 2200-2300 9575 y 11940 kHz
Caribe 0000-0100 9525 y 11935 kHz
Sudamérica / Argentina 0000-0100 9665 y 11960 kHz
Centroamérica / Mexico 0300-0400 9765 y 11940 khz
Sudamérica / Argentina 0300-0400 9635 y 11895 kHz
Radio Rumanía Internacional
60-62 Calle General Berthelot
Bucharest, RUMANIA. E-Mail: span @ rri.ro
73 (Dino Bloise, FLORIDA, EEUU, Nov 3, Noticias DX via DXLD)
La dirección span @ rri.ro me es continuamente rebotada por el
servidor. ¿Alguien tiene el mismo problema? (Rubén G. Margenet,
Argentina, ibid.)
** RUSSIA. I confirm hearing VOR English at 0400 and 0500 on 7180 and
7350 (Bob Thomas, Bridgeport CT, Nov 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. CHAIRMAN ON GOAL OF NEW ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ISLAMIC
CHANNEL | Text of report by Saudi newspaper Al-Watan website on 28
October
Shaykh Hamad Bin-Muhammad al-Ghammas, chairman of the board of
directors of the Al-Huda [right path] satellite channel, has announced
the launching of the channel at a ceremony at one of the holiest
places on earth attended by a group of scholars, ministers and
specialists during the blessed month of Ramadan.
Shaykh Al-Ghammas noted the importance of the media in spreading
principles, cultures and values among people. He also underlined the
importance pinned on investors and media personnel in this great
country, the birthplace of the immortal message of Islam, to take the
initiative of establishing media forums that are characterized by
professionalism, moderation and a positive attitude to explain the
pure and shining image of Islam to Muslims and non-Muslims.
Speaking to Al-Watan, Shaykh Al-Ghammas said that from this premise
Al-Huda satellite channel has been launched to achieve a set of goals;
most importantly, to offer certified Shari'ah rulings to viewers,
explain the principles of the centrality of Islam, fight the
destructive ideology, highlight the fact that Islam honours women and
their role in the society, present and debate the suspicions raised
about Islam in a positive manner, guide Muslim minorities on
coexistence in their societies, instil noble moral values in the
hearts of children in a creative manner, introduce the viewers to the
Islamic world, its cultures, legacy, people and rich history, present
the sublime Islamic values and how they could upgrade public
performance, and discuss other important values and concepts to guide
Muslims to their religion, highlight the bright image of Islam, and
its moderate attitude towards non-Muslims.
Al-Huda currently broadcasts in English on Nilesat (FEC: \¾ Frequency
11474, Polarization: Vertical, Symbol Rate: 27500). The channel will
expand its transmission on another satellite to reach half the globe,
according to Shaykh Al-Ghammas, who pointed out that the channel's
capital exceeds 50m Saudi riyals [13m dollars]. He added: The
channel's programmes cater to various segments of society, including
men, women, children and youths, which explains the variety of the
programming offered to these groups.
The channel currently broadcasts a host of various programmes, such as
Koranic recitation, live fatwas [Islamic edicts], family programmes,
Koranic recitation accompanied by translation of the meaning, and live
coverage of Al-Tarawih prayers from the Mecca and Medina holy shrines
accompanied by live translation of the meaning of the Holy Koran.
Soon, God willing, the Al-Huda channel will broadcast documentaries
and programmes dedicated to children, women and youths in languages
other than English and with a bigger footprint. Al-Ghammas disclosed
to Al-Watan that Al-Huda is one of a group of multilingual channels.
It is now transmitting in English but, God willing, French and Spanish
service will follow, he added. Source: Al-Watan website, Abha, in
Arabic 28 Oct 05 (via BBCM via DXLD)
** SENEGAL [non]. West Africa Democracy Radio website has finally
started to come to life: http://www.wadr.org/
There is an obscure link on the default French homepage to English,
http://www.wadr.org/english/indexang.html#
which also has a program grid supposed to be in English, but actually
just leads back to the French portion:
http://www.wadr.org/english/grille.html
Most of the links are not yet going anywhere. Links to satellite, SW
and FM frequencies are not yet connected either. So it looks like they
are getting ready to go, but perhaps not yet on the shortwave air
(Glenn Hauser, OK, UT Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SLOVAKIA. 7230, Radio Slovakia International. 03 Nov 05, 0107-0127.
OM/YL in English with a very interesting program on All Saint's Day.
Some language lessons with English and Slovak translations. Several
IDs. Armchair quality sound. VG-Excellent (Joe Wood, Greenback TN,
MARE Tipsheet via DXLD)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation on 9545
kHz --- Hi Glenn, SIBC have reactivated 9545 kHz. I am hearing it from
around 0900 UT causing interference to Deutsche Welle on the same
frequency. The transmission is in parallel with 5020 kHz, but it is an
overmodulated, distorted, virtually unintelligible mess! Regards,
(Barry Hartley, New Zealand, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
So, does SIBC have two SW transmitters? I mean the mentioning
of parallel 9545 // 5020. Btw, they are audible (mostly poor signal)
with BBC relay during UT afternoons on 5020 (a bit low, maybe 5019.9).
(Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, they have two transmitters. They only way I could actually
identify 9545 kHz given its distorted mess was to listen to 5020 kHz
and confirm that the programme was the same on both frequencies.
Adrian Sainsbury was in the Solomons a few months ago on behalf of
RNZI and said then the SIBC was about to reactivate 9545 kHz with a
new transmitter, I think he said, but I'll clarify that next week when
he returns to work. He may also be able to speak to someone there
about getting the technical problems fixed as well (Barry Hartley, NZ,
ibid.)
** SPAIN [and non]. REE, English hour at 0000 on 6055, has slight co-
channel and interference from 6060 [Cuba?] (Bob Thomas, CT, Oct 31, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
REE, 6055, loud and clear here in French at 2300, English at 0000. I
cannot hear any co-channel, tho we know IBC Tamil from UK to Sri Lanka
in the opposite direction is also using 6055 during that hour. I
imagine there is an audible collision further east, perhaps reaching
even into SL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SYRIA. Saludos cordiales, Radio Damasco en español emitiendo por
los 9330 kHz desde las 2215; he intentado monitorizar las frecuencias
de 12085 y 13650 [sic ---- era 13610 --- gh] sin escuchar nada, sufre
interferencia de emisora en inglés; supongo se trata de la WBCQ
Monticello. Locutora con boletín de noticias, ID y segmento de música
folklórica local. SINPO 44333 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia)
España, SANGEAN ATS 909, Antena hilo de siete metros, Nov 3, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Quéhubole Jose! A mi me late que esta gente de Radio Damasco está
requete gastando sus KW en 12085: exceso de fuerte portadora pero un
25% de modulación. Claro que la emisora gringa que colisiona con RD en
9330 es WBCQ en 9330, pero ellos se pueden matizar mejor en USB. En
todo caso Damasco en todas sus frecuencias tiene muy baja modulación.
La recibís vos igual? Un abrazote, hermano (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica,
ibid.)
Saludos cordiales Raúl, aquí en España se escucha con bastante mala
modulación; al principio de la emisión se escucha relativamente bien
pero según pasa los minutos empeora bastante. A la emisión le acompaña
un zumbido de fondo bastante molesto que se agudiza con el transcurso
de la programación; sin embargo en algunas escuchas en mi casa de
Sacañet en Castellón, que está ubicada a 1016 m sobre el nivel del
mar, la recepción es mucho mejor aunque el zumbido la acompaña de
igual manera. Recibe un fuerte abrazo, atentamente (José Miguel
Romero, ibid.)
** TAIWAN. QSL: BEL3 Taiwan Area Fishery Broadcasting Station, 1143
kHz. Full data letter and amazing that this was exactly the same logo
and letter template when I QSL'ed their other outlet 738 kHz back in
1989!!! Only difference was back then the date/time/frequency were
handwritten. They must have printed thousands of them back then. v/s
illegible Taiwan Area Fishery Broadcasting Station, 5 Yukang No 2nd
Road, Kaosiung 806 (Craig Edwards, SA, Nov 4, HCDX via DXLD)
** TURKEY. 9780, Voz de Turquía, 1730-1754, escuchada el 4 de
Noviembre en español, locutora con ID, horario y frecuencia, boletín
de noticias y la prensa en breve, segmento de música local,
retransmisión acompañada con fuerte zumbido, SINPO 44333. Audios de ID
y frec en: http://es.geocities.com/jmromero782004/
(José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia) España, SANGEAN ATS 909
Antena hílo de siete metros, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Goodbye for B-05 VOT Spanish transmissions in the Latin American
continent. No way we'll have a chance to tune it at 1730 on 9780. We
hardly have a chance on the soon-to-be-abandoned 13720 at 1630. Truth
is that after all, this transmission is not intended to LAm.
Los latinoamericanos nos despediremos de la posibilidad de escuchar a
La Voz de Turquía durante el período B-05, dado que esa frecuencia tan
baja de 9780 no se propaga hasta aquí a las 1730. Así que a disfrutar
de los últimos días por 13720 a las 1630, con una señal poco
confiable. De todos modos es un hecho de dicha transmisión no viene
hacia nosotros. P.D. Había hecho esta observación desde el pasado 27
de Octubre (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
VOT, 50 minute English: 1930 Eu 9655; 2130 As & Au 9525; 2300 Eu & NAm
5960; 0400 NAf & ME 7240, NAm 6020 (Bob Thomas, Bridgeport CT, Oct 31,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Full schedules we have already published show the 1930 on 6055
instead; that includes the Live from Turkey call-in [or non] on
Thursdays. Which is correct? I assume Bob`s info comes from an
announcement he heard, tho he never makes this clear (gh, DXLD)
** U K [non]. BBC Spanish on 6110, UT Nov 5 at 0003 had a severe echo,
about one syllable apart, and about right for a long-path vs short-
path echo! Could it be, from Ascension? No, the long path heads due
west into daytime across northern California across the Pacific. Must
be running two transmitter sites on darkside at same time on same
frequency, with slightly different feed delays. Yes! The VT Merlin B-
05 schedule even admits it:
6110 0000 0100 smtwtfs Ascension 250 Spanish S AM
6110 0000 0100 smtwtfs Montsinery 250 Spanish CARIB
While it`s laudable to conserve frequencies by doubling up this way,
it is also necessary to be sure the audio is synchronized. Duh!! No
doubt the echo is just as annoying all over Latin America as it is
here. The scheduling geniuses may think since each has a different
CIRAF target, there cannot possibly be any overlap of coverage. Even
if the audio were carefully synchronized, there would still be a
`hollow` sound and additional selective fading degrading reception. Or
could it be both sites were registered with the intention of using
only one or the other, but forgot to turn one of them off? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [and non]. BBC WS English B-05 Time is UT
Daily except where indicated. From web site Nov. 2, 2005
Caribbean and Central America
2220-0100 5975
0300-0400 5975
1000-1100 6195
1100-1300 11855*
1200-1300 9605
1300-1400 15190
2100-2130 15390*
2100-2200 Mon-Fri 11675*
*includes Caribbean programmes Mon - Fri.
South America
0200-0300 12095, 9825, 5975
1100-1200 11855*
1200-1300 15190
2130-2145 Tu/Fri 11720+
* includes Caribbean programmes Mon-Fri.
+ Calling Falklands
West and Central Africa
0300-0700 7160
0300-0800 11765
0400-0706 6005
0630-1000 15400
0700-1000 17830
1000-1100 Sat-Sun 17830, 15400
1100-1130 15400
1100-2100 17830
1600 1800 17820
1800-2000 Daily 13700
1500-2300 Daily 15400
North Africa (Europe programmes)
0500-0700 6195
0500-0800 9410
0700-1700 15485
0700-1500 17640
1400-1500 Sat. 12095
1500-1800 12095
1700-2200 6195
East Africa
0200-0300 9750
0300-0400 6005
0300-0500 12035
0330-0600 15420
0500-0530 17885
0530-0600 Mon-Fri 17885
0600-0800 Sat-Sun 17885
0500-0800 17640*
0800-1900 21470
0800-1400 17885
1300-1400 15420
1400-1700 21660
1500 1530 21490,15420, 11860
1615-1700 Sat-Sun 21490,15420, 11860
1700-1900 15420
1700-1745 9630, 6005
1830-2100 9630, 6005
* Europe programmes
Southern Africa
0300-2200 6190
0300-0400 6005
0300-0500 3255
0300-0700 11765*
0600-1700 11940
0800-1900 21470
1700-2200 3255
1900-2100 12095
2100-2200 6005
*West Africa programmes
West and South West Europe
0000-2400 648+
0100-0530 198
0500-0700 6195
0500-0800 9410
1400-1500 Sat. only 12095
1500-1900 12095
1700-2200 9410
1700-2200 6195
+ North West Europe only during daylight
Central and South East Europe
0400-0500 7130
0400-0700 6195
0500-0700 9410
1400-1500 Sat. 12095
1500-1900 12095
1700-1800 9410
1800-2000 6195
0200-2300 1323 (E. Med. only)
Eastern Europe
0500-0600 9410
0500-0800 12095
0600-0800 15565
1400-1600 17640
1400-1700 15565
1600-1900 12095
1700-1900 9410
1800-2000 6195
Middle East and Gulf States
0200-2300 1323
0200-0230 1413
0200-0400 6195
0300-0400 1413
0400-0600 11760
0600-0730 15575
0700-1400 11760
0730-0900 Sat-Sun 15575
0900-1500 15575
1400-1600 17640+
1400-1800 15310*
1400-1700 15565
1600-1900 12095+
1800-1830 1413
1830-2000 5975
1900-2100 1413
* South Asia programmes.
+ Europe programmes
Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asia
0100-0300 17790*
0000-0200 9410*
0300-0600 11760
0200-0230 1413
0300-0400 1413
0300-0730 15575
0730-0900 Sat-Sun 15575
0900-1500 15575
0700-1400 11760
1200-1800 15310*
1300-1400 1314
1400-1700 15565+
1600-1900 12095+
1600-1830 9740*
1600-1700 9410+
1830-2000 9740
1800-1830 1413
1900-2100 1413
2200-0030 1314
+ Europe programmes
* South Asia programmes
East Asia
0000-0030 17615
0000-0300 15360
0000-0530 15280
0300-1030 21660
0300-1000 17760
0500-1030 15360
0800-1030 15280
0900-1030 9605
1000-1600 9740
1300-1600 6195
1400-1600 5970
2100-2200 6110
2100-2400 5965
2200-2400 9740
2200-2300 6195, 5955
2300-2400 9605
2300-0030 11945
2330-2400 6170
South East Asia
0000-0200 6195, 9410+
0500-1000 17760
0500-0800 11955
0900-1600 9740
0900-1700 6195
1600-1800 3915, 7160
2100-2200 3915
2100-2400 6195
2200-2300 7105, 5990
2200-0100 9740
2300-2400 11955
2300-0030 3915
+ South Asia programmes
South Asia
2200-0030 1314
0000-0100 5970
0000-0200 9410
0000-0300 11955
0000-1600 17790
0000-1800 15310
1300-1700 6195*
1300-1400 1413, 1314
1500-1830 5975
1600-1700 9410
1600-1830 9740
1800-1830 1413
1900-2100 1413+
+ Middle East programmes
* East Asia programmes
(via Bernie O`Shea, ON, Nov 3, DXLD)
** U K. BBC World Service reorganization provokes reaction from all
over.
"The BBC is banking on its fame to ensure the success of a high-risk
launch and make people forget the role that Britain has played in the
region since the war in Iraq" Le Figaro, 31 October 2005. "VOA (Voice
of America) is run by the US government, Free Europe ... is subsidized
by the US government, BBC is not 'pure and clean' either, funds for
its external department entirely comes from the British Foreign
Ministry. Can Western media with such a background really make
objective and fair reports on Western countries' foreign policies?"
People's Daily Online, 2 November 2005. National Union of Journalists
trying to save the ten language services slated for closure. Regional
Film & Video (Belfast), 2 November 2005. See also NUJ, 27 October
2005. House of Lords committee: "'The BBC cannot be truly independent
of Government if Government alone has the power to decide its
Charter.' ... The warning comes after BBC World Service has come under
criticism for following the government's foreign policy priorities too
closely when announcing plans to end 10 foreign language services to
pay for the launch a new Arabic television channel." Islamic Republic
News Agency, 3 November 2005. "There is a nightmare scenario which
some in the notoriously anglophone Foreign Office might welcome. It
would be to engineer a shift to English and a handful - no more than
six to seven - key other tongues for radio; these would be bolstered
by television in, say, Arabic, Hindi and Mandarin?" Former BBC World
Service managing director Sir John Tusa, The Guardian, 31 October
2005. In target countries of BBC European services to close: "Why do
editors in Croatian public radio have to threaten resignation to keep
politicians and big business off their backs? Why can "any twit" open
a radio station? How do supposedly independent reporters turn up as TV
party front men at election time, then go back to neutrality five
seconds after the polls close?" Peter Preston, The Guardian, 31
October 2005. (for links to all these stories, and many other new
items, see http://www.kimandrewelliott.com --- via DXLD)
** U K. HOW MONEY MAKES THE WORLD SERVICE GO ROUND
John Tusa, Monday October 31, 2005 Guardian
The axing of 10 language services to fund one Arabic TV service paints
a bleak picture for the rest of the BBC's foreign radio output . . .
http://media.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5321869-105337,00.html
(via Dan Say, DXLD)
** U K. BBCWS -- PARLIAMENT ACTIVITY TO RESTORE 10 LANGUAGES
The National Union of Journalists to the rescue of Eastern Europe?
See http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?ID=45633 and
http://www.nuj.org.uk/inner.php?docid=1118
(Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, Nov 2, Swprograms mailing list via
DXLD)
** U K. BBC backs down over Bach
The BBC has backed down in a row with the music industry over free
classical downloads. BBC Radio 3 will not offer complete classical
music downloads for free during its forthcoming 10-day Bach
extravaganza following complaints from the music industry after the
surprise success of the station's Beethoven downloads.
The corporation will not offer complete works over the internet during
its Bach Christmas special after the Beethoven symphonies were
downloaded 1.4m times in two weeks in June, upsetting classical music
record companies who feared the activity hit their sales. The BBC has
decided not to risk the ire of the industry again during the 10
uninterrupted days of Bach running from December 16 to Christmas Day,
when thousands of people will be looking for music to download on to
their brand new Christmas present iPods. Instead the BBC is
considering offering only parts of Bach's music as downloads, rather
than whole works, but a decision has yet to be made whether it will
offer downloads at all.
The corporation has entered into talks with the music industry on the
million-dollar question of how to offer free music online without
adversely affecting music sales and is due to meet classical music
companies within the next week. "We only envisaged the Beethoven
downloads to be a trial to see what the response would be," said a
spokeswoman for Radio 3, who admitted the massive take-up took the BBC
by surprise. We are in communication with the BPI [British
Phonographic Industry] and record companies to assess and analyse what
the response was and we are still at that stage. Nothing will happen
without consultation and, should it happen, it will be nothing on the
scale of Beethoven."
The spokeswoman said offering downloads was a "sensitive" issue both
inside and outside the BBC, and that "viable" solutions that work for
all parties have to be found. A spokesman for the BPI said its members
were upset the BBC gave away Beethoven content for free without
consulting the organisation, which represents major and independent
record labels.
"If the BBC has decided that free downloads will not form part of
Bach. It is encouraging that they are willing to take on board
comments made after Beethoven ... and they've given us the opportunity
to engage with them," he said.
The massive demand for Beethoven's complete symphonies on Radio'3's
website over two weeks in June would have sent the Viennese maestro
straight to No 1 in the pop charts were free downloads were eligible.
An equivalent commercial CD would take "upwards of five years" to
achieve the same kind of sales figures, according to record company
executives.
John Whittingdale, the chairman of the culture and media select
committee, accused the BBC of failing to consult the UK record
industry over the Beethoven downloads. Classical music lovers from 26
countries all over the world flocked to Radio 3's website to grab
Beethoven's symphonies for free, with the US accounting for 21% of the
downloads with 17% being downloaded by Brits while fans from as far as
Vietnam and Mexico joined in. Some record companies are not opposed to
downloading per se and believe that giving away snippets of music
could encourage sales, Mr Whittingdale added.
With the corporation planning to launch new digital and download
services, such as the forthcoming broadband TV service IMP, finding a
way forward on the music rights issue is crucial for the BBC. Andy
Parfitt, the controller of BBC Radio 1 told MediaGuardian this week
that resolving the issue was "key" to his station's development.
"We're absolutely sensitive to the people who invest a lot of money in
the music ... all of this technology in the end is absolutely great
for music because of the volume of music downloaded and interest in
music being re-energised. The key is for it to be portable," he said.
Mr Parfitt believes one way forward may be to offer music on demand
that would expire after seven days, covering a week-long public
service window (Media Guardian via Mike Barraclough, uk-radio-
listeners, via Paul David, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U K. Re: Ofcom tackles illegal broadcasting
What OfCom omit to mention is that they appear to have raided a total
of zero studios --- Listening this lunchtime on the way back home just
now in the car, the following stations were still on (and some don't
feature in the OfCom press release).
87.9 Shine FM
89.8 Station FM
91.8 Passion FM
92.3 Deja Vu
94.0 Touch FM (presume)
95.4 Roots FM
98.3 RJR
100.3 Rinse FM
101.2 Unique FM
101.9 The Beat FM
102.5 Juice UK
Subject: London's pirates still on-air --- Thursday evening another 6
stations were back on-air making a total of 17 stations heard on-air
yesterday following Ofcom's raids earlier in the week.
The action also made it onto the BBC News website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4402722.stm
and on the regional TV news yesterday evening.
87.9 Shine FM
89.8 Station FM
91.8 Passion FM
92.3 Deja Vu
93.8 Vibes FM
94.0 Touch FM (presume)
94.4 Flames FM
95.4 Roots FM
98.3 RJR
100.3 Rinse FM
101.2 Unique FM
101.7 un-id
101.9 The Beat FM
102.5 Juice UK
102.7 un-id, RDS _RD_EC1_
106.8 Laylo FM
108.0 Pointblank FM
(Mark Hattam, Nov 3, BDXC-UK via DXLD)
More on this:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-11-03T103111Z_01_KNE337499_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-RADIO.xml&archived=False
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4402722.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4377112.stm
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
** U K. LONDON-BASED TRIAL OF DIGITAL RADIO MONDIALE BEGINS | Text of
press release by UK-based National Grid Wireless on 1 November
National Grid Wireless (formerly Crown Castle UK), one of the UK's
leading broadcast transmission infrastructure providers, has announced
the first London-based trial of DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale). DRM is a
new digital radio standard which could be used to replace existing
analogue AM services with high-quality digital sound, and could serve
to complement DAB digital radio in the future.
The trial began on Monday, 31 October, and will enable National Grid
Wireless to examine the applicability of the standard for listeners
and broadcasters. National Grid Wireless is working with broadcast
partners Virgin Radio, talkSPORT Radio, Kiss 100FM and BBC World
Service. In addition the transmission equipment partner for the trial
is RIZ Transmitters Co.
John Ward, director, network operations and engineering, commenting on
the trial said: "This trial comes on the 10th anniversary of the
switch-on of the first BBC DAB transmitter and demonstrates the
commitment of National Grid Wireless to remain at the forefront of
broadcast transmission technologies."
The trial will take place from National Grid Wireless' Crystal Palace
site and will operate on 26080 kHz at an ERP of 400 Watts for
approximately six weeks. Source: National Grid Wireless press release,
Warwick, in English 1 Nov 05 (via BBCM via DXLD)
** U S A. TOMLINSON RESIGNS CPB BOARD
Co-incidentally, Tomlinson's resignation comes in just before the
Inspector General's report expected to cover the subject of CPB.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/CA6281019.html
(via Clara Listensprechen, dxldyg via DXLD)
Tomlinson kicked off CPB board --- His term as chairman had ended, but
he was still on the board. Not any more. See
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/04/politics/04broadcast.html
(Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, Swprograms mailing list; also via
Mike Cooper, DXLD)
KENNETH TOMLINSON QUITS PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD
By Paul Farhi Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, Nov. 4, 2005; C01
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, who sparked controversy by asserting that
programs carried by public broadcasters have a liberal bias, resigned
yesterday from the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting a
day after the agency's inspector general delivered a report apparently
critical of his leadership. . .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/03/AR2005110302235_pf.html
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
But still very much heading the BBG, where with undivided attention,
he could do even more damage (gh, DXLD)
More in the Tomlinson Saga:
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/04b325be-4ce6-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html
US-BACKED ARAB TV NETWORK TO BE INVESTIGATED
By Guy Dinmore in Washington Published: November 4 2005 03:55
Al-Hurra, the Arabic language satellite television network set up by
the US administration to promote freedom and democracy in the Middle
East, is to be investigated for possible irregularities, the state
department confirmed on Thursday.
The Broadcasting Board of Governors, a federal agency, has asked the
state department's inspector general to investigate, a spokesman for
Karen Hughes, under-secretary for public diplomacy, told the Financial
Times. Mrs Hughes, a board member, was aware of allegations and
awaited the findings, he said.
The House of Representatives subcommittee on oversight and
investigations is also looking into al-Hurra, which started
broadcasting in February 2004. A hearing has been set for November 10
with Kenneth Tomlinson, BBG chairman, and Mouafac Harb, the news
director of al-Hurra, called as witnesses.
Al-Hurra - which means "The Free One" in Arabic - is funded by the BBG
and has a budget from Congress of $49m for 2005. Based in Virginia,
just outside Washington, it was created to counter the perceived anti-
American bias of the Qatar-based al-Jazeera. It broadcasts to 22
countries, claiming an audience of 21m people weekly.
Officials declined to elaborate on the precise nature of the
allegations but said they involved procurement and contracting. There
was also concern that viewing figures might be inflated. Media
analysts said al-Hurra's programming had come to reflect the
preponderance of Lebanese on the staff, rather than projecting a pan-
Arab outlook.
Mr Harb rejected allegations of any wrongdoing. He told the FT he
expected the inspector general to look into the whole operation,
including programming. He called it a general review into whether al-
Hurra was fulfilling its mission.
"There's a campaign against al-Hurra by some people in this city who
don't like our dedication to freedom and democracy," he said
(Financial Times via Clara Listensprechen, dxldyg via DXLD)
AL HURRA INVESTIGATION, BBG DOCS SEIZED
Raw Story report says documents seized by State Department regarding
use of funds and hiring practices.
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Tomlinson_1104.html
(via Clara Listensprechen, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.:
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the head of the federal agency that oversees
most government broadcasts to foreign countries, including the Voice
of America and Radio Free Europe, is the subject of an inquiry into
accusations of misuse of federal money and the use of phantom or
unqualified employees, officials involved in that examination said
Friday, the New York Times' Stephen Labaton is set to splash on
Saturday's page ones, RAW STORY has learned. Tomlinson was ousted from
CPB Thursday. Excerpts follow.
Tomlinson remains an important official in Washington as the chairman
of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The board, whose members
include the secretary of state, plays a central role in public
diplomacy. It supervises the government's foreign broadcasting
operations, including Radio Marti, Radio Sawa and al-Hurra; transmits
programs in 61 languages; and says it has more than 100 million
listeners each week.
People involved in the inquiry said that investigators had interviewed
a number of officials at the agency and that, if the accusations were
substantiated, they could involve criminal violations.
In recent weeks, State Department investigators have seized records
from the Broadcasting Board of Governors, officials said. They have
shared some material with the CPB inspector-general, including e-mail
traffic between Tomlinson and senior White House officials, including
Karl Rove (Raw story via DXLD)
** U S A. WRMI Update, 5:30 pm ET Friday --- Glenn: We have 110 volt
power back at the transmitter site, but are still waiting for high
power to come back on. We are also still doing antenna repairs. If all
goes well, we could be back on 9955 kHz at 6 pm ET [2300 UT] tomorrow
(Saturday). However, we will not be able to get back 7385 kHz until at
least Monday due to repairs on that antenna (Jeff White, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. Listening to WWL AM 870 the evening of Nov 3. I believe they
were saying that the URBONO coop broadcasts would be coming to an end
this weekend (David Cole, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Could not find anything about this at http://www.wwl.com or at
http://www.stormaid.com --- but the former still has the page about
WHRI shortwave relays, which really ended almost a month ago! (Glenn
Hauser, ibid.)
New Orleans update: The United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans
simulcast sheds several FM stations, with Clear Channel returning WQUE
93.3 to top 40, WYLD-FM 98.5 to R&B, WRNO 99.5 to rock and WNOE 101.1
to country and Entercom returning WEZB 97.1 to top 40 and WLMG 101.9
to AC.
The URBNO [as they abbr. it] simulcast continues on WWL 870, WYLD 940,
WODT 1280, WSMB 1350, KHEV 104.1 Houma LA and WKBU 105.3 Kenner LA.
And the "Bayou" classic rock format that was on WKBU before Katrina
has moved to WTKL 95.7 New Orleans, replacing oldies there (Robert
Wien, Broadcasting Information, IRCA Soft DX Monitor Nov 5 via DXLD)
** U S A. My local on 600, WCAO Baltimore is running IBOC tonight and
has been doing so for the past three nights. I assume this is a
mistake because I had understood that night time operation of IBOC has
not yet been authorized. Can anyone outside of the Baltimore area hear
the IBOC hash from them? (Bill Harms, Elkridge, Maryland, Nov 2,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. RADIO MOSHIACH AND REDEMPTION: 1710 AM, 2353-0021+ 10/29-
30/05 SIO=242. OM talking rapidly, mostly in what appeared to be
Yiddish, but there was some English mixed in here and there. Once in a
while a crowd would respond, as if this was a religious service of
some sort. Heard no music during the period indicated, and there was
no clear ID on the hour. But, it is definite that this is the station
that I heard. This was the first time that I heard this one as far
west as Cleveland. Medium wave propagation has been good lately, and
that might account for the decent reception of this one. Given the
language, it was hard to copy details, but the station is known to
have an address and a web site. The address is 383 Kingston Avenue,
Suite 94, Brooklyn NY 11213, and their e-mail address from the web
site is radiomoshiach @ erols.com but I have seen no reports of QSL's
from that. The web site is at http://www.radiomoshiach.org/ on the
internet. They have streaming audio on the web site, if you want to
know what this one sounds like (George Zeller, OH, Free Radio Weekly
via DXLD)
** U S A. Dick Gordon, formerly of Boston station WBUR's news/talk
show "The Connection," has been hired to host a new nationally
syndicated talk show beginning early next year, WUNC-FM announced
Wednesday.... Full story at
http://www.newsobserver.com/lifestyles/v-printer/story/2830468p-9279896c.html
(via Brent Taylor, Aurora, ON, dxldyg via DXLD)
** UZBEKISTAN. Radio Tashkent International English Programs, from
http://ino.uzpak.uz/eng/other_eng/radio_prog_eng.html
At 1200-1228 and 2030-2058: Sunday SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF THE WEEK,
TRADITIONS AND VALUES. Monday NEWS, UZBEKISTAN AND THE WORLD, DIP-
CLUB. Tuesday NEWS, INFORMATION AND MUSICAL PROGRAM, INSIGHT.
Wednesday NEWS, MUSICAL PROGRAM. Thursday NEWS, LIFE IN THE VILLAGE,
POLITICAL COMMENTARY, GALLERY. Friday NEWS, RELIGIOUS-EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM, INFORMATION-MUSICAL PROGRAM, ASSALOM ALLEYKUM (once a
month). Saturday NEWS, PROGRAM BASED ON LISTENERS' LETTERS, NET CLUB.
At 1330-1358 and 2130-2158: Sunday SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF THE WEEK,
INTERESTING MEETINGS. Monday NEW, SPORT PROGRAM, COOPERATION. Tuesday
NEWS, INFORMATION AND MUSICAL PROGRAM, INSIGHT. Wednesday NEWS,
POLITICAL COMMENTARY, PROGRAM FOR YOUTH. Thursday NEWS, UZBEKISTAN
AND THE UZBEKS, TOURISM: ``WELCOME TO UZBEKISTAN.`` Friday NEWS, UN
IN UZBEKISTAN. INFORMATION-MUSICAL PROGRAM, ASSALOM ALLEYKUM (no
mention here of this being once a month). Saturday NEWS, MUSICAL
PROGRAM, PROGRAM FOR DXERS.
At 0100-0130: Sunday SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF THE WEEK, MUSICAL PROGRAM.
Monday NEWS, MUSICAL PROGRAM, Tuesday NEWS, ECONOMIC COMMENTARY, LIFE
AND THE VILLAGE. Wednesday NEWS, PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, ECHO OF HISTORY.
Thursday NEWS, UZBEKISTAN AND THE WORLD. Friday NEWS, PROGRAM FOR
SHORT-WAVE LISTENERS (note that it says here ``short-wave listeners``
and not ``DXers``), A ROAD TO EUROPE. Saturday NEWS, SPORT PROGRAM,
THE YEAR OF HEALTH (via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD)
Frequencies can be found in DX LISTENING DIGEST 5-188. Note that while
the above suggests that the DX Program (or is it programs? Two titles
are given) is weekly, but the British DX Club and Worldwide DX Club DX
programs lists suggests otherwise, ranging from alternate weeks to
monthly. Perhaps someone who can actually hear this station can clear
this up, as well as give the exact start times and duration (Norfolk,
dxldyg via DXLD)
** VENEZUELA [non]. RNV via Cuba, 2312 Nov 4, good on 13680 and better
on // and synchronized 11760 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [and non]. Voz de Vietnam, en español ¿B-05? Saludos
cordiales, según la web de la Voz de Vietnam, las emisiones en español
para B-05 serían:
Voz de Vietnam en Español:
http://www.vov.org.vn/online/new/audio_programes_content.htm#3
a las 3 y a las 4 (hora UT) 6175 [Canadá]
a las 21 y 30 (hora UT) 7220 y 9550
Estas frecuencias tambien son recogidas por el último listado del BI
Newsletter del Club Japones; la duda está en que en la web no anuncian
ninguna fecha de validez respecto a estas frecuencias, ¿Son realmente
para el período B-05? Al menos no coinciden con las del A-05, y según
éste listado regresa el servicio en español para las 2130, servicio
desaparecido en el período de verano (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot
(Valencia), España, Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN. Radio Sana'a, 760 kHz. Full data Sana'a Radio A4 QSL
certificate and beautiful QSL card for IRC; v/s Ali Ahmed Al-Toshi,
Techincal Department, PO Box 2371, Sana'a, Yemen (Craig Edwards,
Mawson Lakes SA 5095, Nov 4, HCDX via DXLD)
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LANGUAGE LESSONS
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Re 5-189: Glenn, I'm afraid you'll find "una Web" for "website" only
in a Monferitalspanglish dictionary.
As a professional Internet journalist and translator, I can assure
you we in Italy are simply saying "un sito Web" or more likely, and
shortly, "un sito". As in: "ho appena visitato un sito interessante",
I've just found an interesting website. A "sito della (ragna)tela"
would sound rather unearthly. Also, "Web" is being addressed with a
male determinative article, "il Web"
"Site" as a "location", after all, came from us to you, not viceversa.
A "magnificent location" on Italian tourist guides is still a
"magnifico sito". Ciao, (Andy Lawendel, Italy, Nov 3, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
My opinion is, or what at least what I prefer, is that if I have to
read an English name when speaking Spanish I will try to preserve as
best as possible the original pronunciation. But there are some
exceptions here: I have heard correspondents in the U.S. speaking
about, for example, former president Clinton and his pronunciation was
/Clintn/. Here we use Clinton.
In Uruguay we have an avenue which is named Rondeau, and we keep the
French pronunciation and say /Rondó/. Recently I heard a historian
speaking about to not to use the complete name of our national hero,
José Artigas. His complete name is José Gervasio Artigas, but current
recommendation is to avoid the use of Gervasio. Simply because this
second name was only found in his written baptism act or some official
documents, and he never signed José Gervasio, just José.
And that is because he wanted to use in such way, and he disliked the
use of his second name. So let's name him as he wanted the people to
name him.
BTW, there is an interesting reading of "Anglicismos, barbarismos,
neologismos y `falsos amigos` en el lenguaje informático" at:
http://www.ati.es/gt/lengua-informatica/externos/sampedr1.html
and further, at
http://www.ati.es/gt/lengua-informatica/externos/sampedr3.html
there appears this mention of "site":
site ``lugar, sitio, sede``. Ej: He visitado el site del País =
He visitado el sitio (las páginas WWW) del País.
There is a saying in Spanish that reads: "Ser más Papista que el Papa"
which is analog to say, as you wrote, "more Spanish than the Spanish".
Sometimes literal translations are not OK, or don't "sound" OK.
Sometimes we have had to create adaptations to survive acrostics, e.g.
When we speak about code ASCII we pronounce it as /ASKI/. And when we
have to talk about the SCSI card we say /escasi/.
In fact, today I had problems when I wanted to say CMOS, and
pronounced it at first literally /KMOS/, but then I reconsidered it
and said /ce-mos/. And still I don't know what is the most correct, or
at least what is used the most.
Oh... "la inextricable selva de las palabras" 73 (Horacio Nigro,
Uruguay, Nov 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The latter, in English (gh)
I would suggest ´sitio de internet´ and/or ´sitio en internet´ in
addition to ´sitio /en la/ Web´. The word ´site´ can be rendered by
´sitio´. No problem there. The word ´web´ is more difficult to handle,
however. In a Spanish context you have to pronounce the word in
Spanish, not in English, and so you have "güeb" or "güev". Quite a
number of people unfamiliar with English pronunciation will say "beb"
or "bev". In all these instances you will have to bear in mind that b
and v are pronounced the same way, as fricatives, if the preceding
sound is a vowel, for example if you say ´en la web´ or ´en este sitio
web´. (Henrik Klemetz, Suecia, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi folks. My spoonful on it. Let's see if I can explain myself in my
somehow limited English. Some weeks ago I told Glenn about translating
Fox Sports (we don't do that in LAm) into "Deportes Zorros" and he
explained is just for the fun of it.
The first time I heard Glenn's "telasitio" I thought he was meaning
"telesitio" from "tele" for tele comunications and OK, sitio from
"site". After that, I learnt he was translating what is a web and of
course that is "telaraña", with this word shortened to "tela" and is
OK, literally that's what it means, tho this term doesn't exist for La
Real Academia de la Lengua Española, so maybe Glenn is inventing in
advance, a word that could be approved in the future.
Bottom line on this is, (unless for the fun) there are names or terms
that you can't accept in a different language than the original from
which they are coming from, i.e., we never say "grupo" in Spanish for
"club", which is worldwide accepted. As for Latin Americans, it should
sound ridiculous to hear gringos searching for a word for "tortillas".
And here in Costa Rica nobody say "Ce-De" for CD or "DeVeDe" for DVD.
For the vast majority that will be a "polada" (countryside "without-
blame" ignorance).
Just for the fun, I should say that the late rock singer Robert Palmer
in Spanish is "Roberto Palma" and Spanish vocalist Julio Iglesias is
"July Churches", but that's nothing more than a joke ("Professor" Raúl
Saavedra, Costa Rica, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
DX-PEDITIONS
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LONG BEACH ISLAND
You are cordially invited to join us at the Long Beach Island
DXpedition. See http://www.radiodxing.com/ We are on line using the
Star Chat IRC server, #mwdx room. You can log on using an IRC client
like mIRC, or by going to the StarChat web chat interface at
http://www.starchat.net/ We will also have a web cam on line. We will
be here 4 November (now) to early morning on 6 November. Hope to see
you there. Please pass this on for the widest distribution. 73's (the
LBI gang, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
MUSEA
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COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS MUSEUM KINGSTON [Ontario]
Hello lister: I'm a new ham and I just talked (on air) to the
Communications & Electronics Museum ham station VE3RCS. This museum is
located in Kingston, ON. Why am I mentioning this? It just jogs my
memory of the fantastic visit I had there a few years ago. For those
who have never been, I heartily recommend you visit this museum. This
is a first class operation. This is not your hole in the wall crammed
with old electronic junk. It is a big, well laid out museum with
informative displays that cover the earliest days of communications up
to the present. And - lots of nifty electronic gear. There is a lot to
see. If you're at all interested in this type of thing then plan on
spending an hour or two there. It is most definitely well worth the
visit if you are in the area.
I have no connection with the museum etc. etc. etc. Just giving a plug
for one of our lesser known, but excellent Canadian museums for those
who have never been, or are not aware of this place (John VE3CXB, ODXA
via DXLD)
I agree, John. It's a fascinating place to visit and makes a nice
addition to a visit to Old Fort Henry (Harold Sellers, ibid.)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
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MYSTERIOUS SIGNALS JAMMING GARAGE DOOR OPENERS
Last updated Nov 4 2005 08:27 AM EST CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/story/ot-garageopen20051104.html
Many automatic garage doors around Ottawa have suddenly and strangely
stopped working, due to a powerful radio signal that appears to be
interfering with the remote controls that open them.
J-P Cleroux of Ram Overhead Door Systems says the phenomenon began
suddenly last weekend. A signal was blocking garage door openers, and
the signal was a strong one.
"It's affects a 25-mile radius. That's huge," said Cleroux. Angolan
ambassador Miguel Puna is one of those affected by the problem. He
can no longer open his embassy's electronic gate.
"Not only in this gate, but even other gates, we are having a lot of
problems," said Puna. "This could cause security concerns."
Cases have been reported from as far away as Casselman and Aylmer, but
two companies that have plotted the reported problems on maps say they
appear to cluster in the Byward Market area, and a corridor leading
south-east from there.
The Door Doctor has received more than 100 calls from irate customers
who can't operate their doors using the remote. It installs
Liftmasters, the most popular door opener in North America, which
operates by radio frequency.
The signal is transmitted on the 390-megahertz band, which is used by
virtually all garage door openers on the continent. It's the same
frequency used by the U.S. military's new state-of-the-art Land Mobile
Radio System.
Cleroux says operators have already been warned of this phenomenon by
service updates from U.S. manufacturers, who started seeing the same
problem around military bases last summer. The strong radio signals on
the 390-megahertz band simply overpower the garage door openers.
One technician likened it to a whisper competing with a yell. "From
what we hear, it is the American Embassy that's operating on 390, and
they're the only ones who can block it. But I'm not 100% sure, because
we're all kind of up in the air until we know exactly what's going
on," said Cleroux.
The U.S. Embassy adamantly denies any transmissions on that frequency.
So does the Canadian military (via Roy Berger, Vincent Ferme, DXLD)###